A hospital porter – who walks an estimated 10 miles a day transporting people around a Bristol hospital – is celebrating 40 years in the job.

Robert Weeden, 58, started work as a porter in the old Southmead Hospital in 1977 on his 18th birthday.

Now Robert, of Bishopston, works as an imaging porter at the new Brunel building at the hospital and estimates he walks around 29,000 steps – an incredible 10 miles – each day taking people to appointments.

Southmead Hospital then (Image: Google)

He decided to apply for the job four decades ago after seeing a lot of his friends take up similar roles.

Robert – a keen pianist - said: “I always thought it would be nice to work in a big environment and work with a hospital team.